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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greivertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greivertown and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Greivertown:
- 35.835349, -84.792722
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Greivertown
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Greivertown is near Roane County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Greivertown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greivertown ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Apollo Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Apollo Shores is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo Shores
- Eagle Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Furnace is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Furnace
- Eagle Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Glen Alice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- King Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- King Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek
- Millstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Mount Sulphur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Sulphur is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sulphur
- Ozone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ozone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
- Pioneer Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Renegade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Renegade is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renegade
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smoke Rise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smoke Rise is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Terrace View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace View is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
How Far From Greivertown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greivertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greivertown and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greivertown to Crossville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greivertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Greivertown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greivertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8353, Longitude: -84.7927 In this case, the coordinates for Greivertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.333 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.93 degrees. |
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